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Which "National Treasure" do you not like so much?

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SereneGoose · 29/08/2026 18:34

Sandi Toksvig...I mean she's ok..but personally she itches my tits.

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Jane379 · 30/08/2026 01:22

StrathSellsFlats · 29/08/2026 20:55

Helen Mirren .. foul mouth on her, switch her off instantly, smutty mare.

Miriam Margolyes .. her “ humour” is based on others shock and embarrassment, Utterly vile.

Dawn French .. used to like her when she did comedy, not so much since she pops up being snidey

Paul McCartney (ducks..) professional scouser- but hasn’t lived there in decades, I dread the outpourings when he finally goes. but I can’t bear the Beatles, nor their wailing ‘music’

Sir Beckham and his Mrs… he’s starting turning up to bloody everything! He seems to blindly be led into this, that and the other of functions, I’m sick of his gormless mug every time there’s something national on. I also cannot bear the sight of the raisin munching Mrs Boney-Moroney! They are so fake together, if you turned them round, they’d have “ Made in Taiwan” stamped on them!

Rod Stewart, he needs to pack it in. Gone too far now, he’s bloody 81!

Any other knackered very elderly musicians, pop stars of my youth.. looking at you Cliff, Phil Collins, et all. You can’t need the money, you can’t hit the notes and it’s all a bit cringe.

Going to think of some…

Why shouldn't old musicians perform? I agree not if they can't hit the notes, but if they can it seems ageist to say they shouldn't.

MurphysColeslaw · 30/08/2026 01:23

Has Olivia Coleman been mentioned yet?

ChampagneCharly · 30/08/2026 01:24

Lorraine

Jane379 · 30/08/2026 01:33

Mcdhotchoc · 29/08/2026 19:41

Elaine Page.

Why, out of interest? I love musicals and am a big fan of her singing but I have read stories of her being a mean diva IRL. I know some people find her Radio 4 show annoying, don't personally listen to it so can't judge.

derxa · 30/08/2026 01:44

MissyB1 · 29/08/2026 20:08

I’ve never liked him right from the super bloody irritating Top Gear days, I was totally pissed off when he opened his fucking pub and farm shop in the Cotswolds (I live nearby). He’s unbearable.

Have you any idea how many people he employs

Needtocomeupwithabetterusername · 30/08/2026 01:50

gingercat02 · 29/08/2026 18:40

Jonathan Ross always hated the slimey fucker.

Is he really classed as a national treasure?? I’m shocked if he is!

RecorderOrder · 30/08/2026 01:53

Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins- I don’t know which one winds me up the most but I think Mel edges it. Just don’t get their popularity at all.

Needtocomeupwithabetterusername · 30/08/2026 01:53

If someone asked me who would be considered a national treasure in the UK - apart from David Attenborough and Mary Berry - I’d be stuck for an answer! What makes people a National Treasure anyway? Oh maybe Andrew Lloyd Webber too

Needtocomeupwithabetterusername · 30/08/2026 01:55

Screamingabdabz · 29/08/2026 18:51

Aw he is brilliant. You can’t find fault with him surely??

Stephen Graham is ace - not sure what qualifies anyone to be a national treasure though

BeardySchnauzer · 30/08/2026 02:12

I’d say about 90% of the people mentioned aren’t national treasures tbh

joanna lumley and her stupid garden bridge cost London an unnecessary amount of time and money

Wednesdaysotherchild · 30/08/2026 02:15

Jennifer Saunders - foxhunting ick
Royal Family - hunting, shooting, Andrew & Fergie sheltering freeloaders.

Wednesdaysotherchild · 30/08/2026 02:15

Phil & Kirstie - false chummy plummy fox hunting supporters

Lench · 30/08/2026 02:24

David Tennant
Stephen Graham
Ant & Dec

Miranda Hart

Outtaxed · 30/08/2026 02:27

RecorderOrder · 30/08/2026 01:53

Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins- I don’t know which one winds me up the most but I think Mel edges it. Just don’t get their popularity at all.

I loved Light Lunch during university!! I think they were marketed as the new French and Saunders back in the day. Both not especially talented though. I guess decent presenters. Not national treasure territory.

Mel did an interesting podcast with Alan Carr recently … very weird story about her becoming hysterical into front of the Pope, that she happened to meet whilst hiking in the Italian countryside…

swimsong · 30/08/2026 02:41

Brendayouknowthatyouremuchtoolazy · 29/08/2026 18:40

That giant man with the tombstone teeth who everyone seems to adore. I think he's creepy.
I have an irrational dislike for Lulu.

Greg Davies?

Ditto

LBFseBrom · 30/08/2026 03:12

Every time I have taken a dislike to someone I see on telly, they've died, so I am saying nothing. There's nobody I particularly dislike at the moment though.

roadrunnerbeepbeep · 30/08/2026 03:13

Olivia Coleman for me.

Pieceofpurplesky · 30/08/2026 03:26

I dislike Fiona Bruce on Question Time but like her on Antiques Roadshow.

Rylan Clarke (wanna be national treasure)

IamtheDevilsAvocado · 30/08/2026 03:30

moonraker0 · 29/08/2026 19:01

Ant & Dec. They should have been history when Ant got caught drunk driving, I don’t think he’s a great example and shouldn’t be on prime time tv.

Agree...

Appesr.to win awards for being utterly ordinary... And minimally talented.

wavingfuriously · 30/08/2026 03:42

Matt lucas
Stephen Fry
Jeremy Clarkson

Betty91 · 30/08/2026 04:00

detectivesolverson · 29/08/2026 18:43

Me too - always thought I was alone in this!

Same - I barely tell people because of the adoration

FantasyFoodhall · 30/08/2026 04:18

Dawn French, Stephen Fry, Lenny Henry, Richard Osman, Alison Hammond.

billycat321 · 30/08/2026 05:03

Alan Carr. Gives me the creeps

PinkMagpie · 30/08/2026 06:09

Manhattanman · 29/08/2026 21:30

Billy Connolly. Not funny and never was. There, I said it.

His comedy might not be to your taste and that’s fine. But objectively Billy Connolly is one of the most talented comedians to ever perform. Anyone who knows comedy and works in the industry holds him in huge respect

PinkMagpie · 30/08/2026 06:17

I think as a culture we are moving away from having deference to the National Treasure/ BBC machine celebrities because we realise they are not our betters.

I watched the Chris Packham documentary on the climate emergency recently. I am fully on board with the urgency of the cause and I was interested to watch the film. Even as someone who completely agrees with the message I was turned off by their delivery and approach. The film had a load of C list celebs lecturing the audience on climate change. Why on earth would I listen to Konnie Huq/ Deborah Meaden/ Jennifer Saunders pontificating to me on a serious issue.

it is something that was satirised so well by Chris Morris in Brass Eye. As a public we no longer think that celebs are wise, all-knowing, better people than us

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